Relationships between field texture and particle-size distribution in Australia and their implications

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 428-437

  Minasny, Budiman ^a   McBratney, Alex B ^a   Field, Damien J ^a   Tranter, Grant ^a   McKenzie, Neil J ^b   Brough, Daniel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Department of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTRAST SOILS; FIELD TEXTURE CLASSES; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CLAY; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SILT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL TEXTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548864688     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR07051     Document Type: Article

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